[PATCH v2] of_gpio: Return GPIO flags from of_get_gpio()

[Trent Piepho]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Anton Vorontsov writes:
>
>> Can we apply it? Paul, Benjamin?
>>
>> The patchwork url for this patch is:
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/6650/
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>>  drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_upm.c              |    2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c      |    2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/phy/mdio-ofgpio.c           |    4 ++--
>>>  drivers/of/gpio.c                       |   13 ++++++++++---
>>>  drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c |    2 +-
>>>  include/linux/of_gpio.h                 |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
>>>  6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> That would need acks from Jeff Garzik and David Woodhouse.
>
> Alternatively you could add a new function (called, for instance,
> of_get_gpio_flags) with the extra parameter to eliminate the need to
> change any drivers at this stage, since they all seem to pass NULL for
> the flags argument.

But if we did this every time any exported function needs to change, think
how bloated the API would be with cruft.